Facilities

New Aero-Propulsion, Mechatronics and Energy Building Completed

On September 1, 2010, the National Science Foundation awarded the Florida Center for Advanced Aero Propulsion (FCAAP) $3.3 million for the development of a next-generation Polysonic Wind Tunnel. The wind tunnel will create a unique shared resource to produce fundamental advances in gas dynamics and material science as well as develop transformational flow control technologies. The new wind tunnel will be housed at FSU in the Aero-Propulsion, Mechatronics and Energy Building (AME). This 60,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility supports advanced research in aerospace and aviation, mechatronics (robotics) and sustainable energy engineering. The Aero-Propulsion, Mechatronics and Energy Building houses laboratories, equipment, offices and other infrastructure necessary to carry out the university's research mission in several key areas seen as crucial to the economic development of the state and nation.

Current Facilities

FCAAP's resources and state of the art facilities rival those of any such institute or center.